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Definition of Ridiculed
1. ridicule [v] - See also: ridicule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridiculed
Literary usage of Ridiculed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of by Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft (1789)
"REASONS WHY THE SCIENCE OF PHYSIOGNOMY IS SO OFTEN Ridiculed AND TREATED WITH
CONTEMPT. -DEFORE I proceed further, to prove that phy- ..."
2. Essays on Physiognomy by Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft (1878)
"REASONS WHY THE SCIENCE OF PHYSIOGNOMY IS SO OFTEN Ridiculed AND TREATED WITH
CONTEMPT. BEFORE I proceed further, to prove that physiognomy is a real ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"He very frequently invited them to familiar entertainments, the frugality of
which was ridiculed by those who remembered and regretted the luxurious ..."
4. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... friendship with Franklin—His enmity to John Dickinson and the proprietary
government of Pennsylvania—His " Speech " in 1764 ridiculed by Dickinson. II. ..."
5. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"The Bubbles Ridiculed. MJ, April 30.—It is by some, and those of no small
Experience, thought strange to sec the World so very fond of encouraging ..."
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